Manifolding record book



June 25, 1935. G, STEVENS MANIFOLDING RECORD BOOK Filed Jain. 25, 1954INVENTOR. GRAY STEVE/vs; BY v [2 JL A TTORNEYS.

Patented June 25, 1935 1 I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Gray Stevens;Weymoutli, Mass., assignor, by mesne assignments, to American Sales BookCompany, Inc., a corporation of Delaware Application January 23, 1934,Serial No. 707,880

' 10 Claims. (01. 282-22) This invention relates to improvements in tiveview showing a manifolding book embodyin manifolding record books suchas sales books and the invention; and the like, and with reference tosome of its more Figure 2 is a perspective partially diagramparticularfeatures it relates to improvements in matic view of one of themanifolding sets, parts 5 the arrangement of record and transfer leavesbeing broken away for cleamess of disclosure. 5

in manifolding sets ordinarily employed in man- Referring to the drawingfor a detailed descripifolding' books of the one-time carbon type. tionof the illustrative embodiment of the inven It is a generalobject of theinvention to protion there shown, amultiplicity of improved manvide' amanifolding book of the type mentioned ifolding sets 4 are boundtogether; in the form of wherein an improved arrangement of the record amanifolding record book which may be in the 10 and transfer leaves notonly furnishes a book form of a known type of sales book as shown.adapted for economical manufacture, but it is The main supply or body ofmanifolding sets is convenient and rapid in use, always makes cleanindicated at 5 and these sets are bound together legible copies, andavoids soiling operators hands in the book binding 6, while a. cover Iof relatively 5 and marring delicate fabrics and "other material heavyflexible cardboard, manila, or similar mawith which it may come intocontact. terial is provided for the book.

Amore particular object is to provide a mani- Each of the manifoldingsets is of special imfolding book ofv the class mentioned wherein anproved construction as particularly shown in Fig. improved arrangementofthe record and trans- 2 and all of the individual sets aresubstantially fer leaves enables said leaves to be very quickly alike.Each set is provided with a stub or bind- 20 and easily separated fromeach other and from ins lea 8 d o q y 0! Pap Suitable the book followingcompletion of a record entry. p v d a r d l a up n which inscriptionsAnother object is to devise a-manifolding book may be written beingpreferably provided with a g of the class mentioned having an improvedarsuitable blank form forthis p Each bind- 5 rangement of manifoldingsets having a binding ing leaf 8 is provided with a. binding stub orexleaf for binding theset intowthe book, the retension 9 at one end margthereof y meansof maining leaves of the set being attached to the wh c te Sets e bound o the book binding 5 binding leaf in a novel andconvenient manner as by means of staples- In or by other suitablefacilitating detachment upon completion of the binding means. As show tdin e is record entryLand enabling the detached leaves preferably 0!Single e g nd Of sin e 30 to remain attached to each other after detachtc ess a t u i S d this binding 1111112 ment from the binding leaf. g amay, under certain circumstances, be formed of a And her feature of theinvention resides in the plurality of relatively s p rp d -V 5. eimproved manner of attaching folded record and aving a binding extensionfor binding into the transfer sheetsto the freeend of the binding sheetbook bindin I whereby detachment .from said binding sheet is Each of themanifoldin Se 0 u its 3 a facilitated, and production costs red ced,additional record leaves such as the original Other'objects of theyinvention will be in part record 1831 H and the DY r ripl t co d pointedout in thefollowing detailed description .tleaf Transfer leaves l3 and Hr provided 40 of an illustrative but preferred embodiment of fortransferring inscriptions, respectively to the 40 the invention, andwill be in part obvious in conbinding r d leaf 8 and to the triplicateleaf ne t i a l2. The original record leaf II and transfer leaf Theinvention accordingly comprises an article are disposed at the uppersurface-of the of manufacture possessing the features propermg F whilerecord leaf and P t1 I are disposed at the lower surface of sa1d bindinges, and the relation of elements WhlCh will be exemplified in thearticle hereinafter described leaf All of these upper and Iowa? recordand I a transfer leaves are attached to and supported by f the ofapphcatwn of which W111 be the binding leaf 8, being attached thereto atthe mdlcated 7 the chums outer or'free end of said binding leaf andprefer- 50 For a more complete disclosure of the nature ablyybeingotherwise unattached thereto 1 50 and objects of the invention,reference is made to A very important feature of the'mvenflo'n thedetailed description below BJId tO the accomsides in the manner ofarranging the upper and De y drawing of theflillustlative embodiment.lower record and transfer leaves with reference in which: to the bindingleaf and in the attachment thereof 65 Figure 1 is a partiallydiagrammatic perlpecto said binding leaf. As shown, the transfer sheetor length of material transversely folded substantially at its center oflength, as indicated at l5, this fold enclosing the outer or free end ofthe binding leaf 8 and being attached to the marginal portion of saidfree end. A preferred manner of attaching the transfer leaves to thebinding leaf is by means of a light adhesive attachment, such as thespots of paste l6. This adhesive attachment is preferably positionedonly at the upper surface of the binding leaf I, the carbon leaves beingentirely free from direct attachment with the lower surface of saidbinding leaf. Also, the carbon. .r transfer leaves are free fromattachment with the binding leaf or other part of the book ormanifolding unit except at the adhesive attachment l6. Thus, it will beobserved that both transfer leaves have free portions extending betweenthe attachments l6 and the binding stub or extension 9, having free.ends extending toward said binding extension.

Likewise, the original record leaf II and the triplicate l2 arepreferably formed of a single integral length of paper transverselyfolded near its center of length as at I! and enclosing the fold l5 ofthe transfer leaf and freeend of the binding leaf. The folds l5 and IIare thus substantially coincident with each other and positioned onewithin the other. The record leaves H and I2 are also attached to theset, being preferably attached directly to the transfer unit. Althoughthis attachment may be positioned at different points of the transferleaves, a convenient and preferable point of location is adjacent thefold line and this attachment may also be in the form of light, adhesiveattachment, such as the spots of paste l8, between the adjacent surfacesof the record and transfer sheets. With this arrangement the recordleaves II and I! also have free portions extending from the attachmentsII toward the binding stub 8 having free ends positioned in the vicinityof said stub. The record leaves II and [2 are preferably divided fromeach other by means of a weakened transverse severance line l9 which maybe positioned substantially at the fold line H and may be formed byperforating, scorin or otherwise weakening the paper. All of the recordleaves I, II and I! may be provided with appropriate blank forms forreceiving the inscriptions and with appropriate printed data.

Both of the transfer leaves are preferably provided with carbon transfermaterial only upon their lower surfaces, as indicated at 20, but theupper surface could also be coated if desired. However, the free end ofthe transfer leaf II at both upper and lower surfaces thereof ispreferably made clean and free of transfer material, as indicated at 2|,thus facilitating handling without soiling the fingers. The free end ofthe transfer leaf It may also similarly be clean and free of transfermaterial. Also, in order to facilitate the adhesive attachments thetransfer leaves may be free of transfer material adjacent the freeattaching end of the binding leaf 8, as indicated at 22. Y

If desired, there may be a weakened transveme line between the bindingstub extension 8 and the main body of the leaf 8 whereby said leaf maybe readily detached from the book, but ordinarily this leaf is intendedto remain permanently attached in the book after the inscriptions aremade in order to form a permanent record.

A writing rest and stop leaf 23 is preferably attached to the cover 1and is hinged thereto at 2,006,034 leaves I3 and M are formed of asingle integral 2| so as to be readily swung into position between theupper manifolding set and the next lower set. This rest thus provides aplaten or support for the upper set which is being written upon and alsoprevents the inscriptions from being.

transferred to the underlying sets. This stop leaf is preferablyprovided with a notch 25 providing access for the free ends of theunderlying manifolding sets whereby the latter may be grasped and drawnfromhnderlying position and placed in writing position on top of thewriting rest 23.

Also, a flap 26 is preferably attached to the back of the cover 1 forproviding a retaining housing for the inscribed binding leaves 8. Thisflap 26 is preferably attached to a second sheet or flap 21 which may beattached to the cover 1 by means of the binding staples Hi, the twoflaps 26 and 21 being flexibly hinged together at 28 whereby the lowerflap may be swung away from the binding to permit entry of the leaves 8which are retained in position in the filing compartment thus providedwhen the flap 26 is swung back into normal position.

when the upper manifolding set is placed in writing position on top ofthe rest 23, the entries may be inscribed whereupon the original andtriplicate record leaves and the transfer leaves may be quickly andeasily removed from the book. This is accomplished by grasping the freeends of the original record leaf H and upper transfer leaf l3 andswinging them outwardly away from the binding, thus exerting a pull uponthe adhesive attachments l6 attaching these leaves to the binding leaf.-Due to the fact that these attachments ii are positioned only at theupper surface of the binding leaf 8, this pulling action results in avery easy and complete detachment from the binding leaf. It will benoted that this pull upon the leaves results in a lifting actioninitiated at the inner edge of the adhesive attachments I, thusfunctioning very effectively to tear or strip the adhesive attachmentsapart. This can be done very rapidly and with but a single movement ofthe operator. When these attachments are completely severed, theinscribed leaves are entirely free from the binding leaf, but they stillremain attached together by virtue of the attachments It so that furtherinscriptions may be made upon the detached original leaf and transferredto the triplicate leaf. The record and transfer leaves may then bedetached from each other at any desired time and the original andtriplicate'leaves may be separated from each 'otherby severance alongthe line I 9. The binding leaf can 'beturned back as shown ii:- Fig. 1and deposited in the compartment provided by the flap 26 or it may besevered from thebook if desired. The used carbon leaves may be discardedinasmuch as each manifolding set is provided with its own carbon leaves.

If an original and one copy only of the record is-desired, the leavesbeneath the binding leaf I of each set can be omitted, still leavingtheupper record and carbon leaves attached in position as above described.

Since certain changes may be made in the above article and differentembodiments of the invention could be made without departing from thescope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the abovedescription or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted asillustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having described my invention, what I'claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent of opposite to said stub, and being otherwise free ofattachment with said stub leaf and having free ends extending towardsaid stub.

2. A-single manifolding set including, in combination, a record leafhaving an extension binding stub, record and transfer leaves positionedat both surfaces of the leaf with the stub and in manifolding transferrelation therewith and with each other, said record and transfer leavesat both sides of the leaf with the stub being attached to the latterleaf at the margin thereof opposite to said stub, and being otherwisefree of attachment with said stub leaf and having free ends extendingtoward said stub, said stub leaf extending between said transfer leavesand said record and transfer leaves which are attached to the stub leafbeing attached together so as to remain attached after detachmentthereof from said stub leaf.

3. A manifolding book including, in combination, a binding, a pluralityof manifolding sets each having a plurality of leaves, one leaf of eachset being a binding leaf and having a binding stub bound into saidbinding, each of said sets havinga record leaf and a transfer leafhaving detachable attachment to said binding leaf near to the end of thelatter remote from said binding, said record and transfer leavesbeing'otherwise free from attachment with said binding leaf and havingfree ends extending toward said binding and lying between the latter andsaid detachable attachment, said record and transfer leaves of each setoverlying said binding leak and said detachable attachment being in theform of a-light adhesive attachment to the upper surface of the bindingleaf, so as to be readily released by exerting a pull upon said transferand record leaves away from said binding.

4. A manifolding book including, in combination, a binding, a pluralityof manifolding sets each having a plurality of leaves, one leaf of eachset being a binding leaf and having a binding stub bound into saidbinding, each of said sets having a record leaf and a transfer leafhaving detachable attachment to said binding leaf near to the end of thelatter remote from said binding, said record and transfer leaves beingotherwise free from attachment with said binding leaf and having freeends extending toward said binding and lying between the latter and saiddetachable attachment, said record and transfer leaves being attachedtogether at points thereof remote from said binding so as to remainattached together after detachment thereof from said binding leaf, saidrecord and transfer leaves of each set overlying said binding leaf andsaid detachable attachment being in the form of a light adhesiveattachment to the upper surface of the binding leaf, so as to be readilyreleased by exerting a pull upon said transfer and record leaves awayfrom said binding. 1 5. A manifolding book including, in combination, abinding, a plurality of manifolding sets each having a plurality ofleaves, one leaf of each set being a binding leaf and having a bindingstub bound into said binding, a transfer sheet and a record sheet bothfolded about the end of each of said binding leaves remote from thebinding, the inner folded sheet having detachable attachment to saidbinding leaf near to said remote end thereof, said folded sheets formingrecord and transfer leaves positioned above and below the binding leaf,said record and transfer leaves extending from said attachment towardsaid binding and having free ends positioned between said attachment andbinding.

6. A manifolding book including, in combination, a binding, a pluralityof manifolding sets each having a plurality of leaves, one leaf of eachset being a binding leaf and having a binding stub bound into saidbinding, a transfer sheet and a record sheet both folded about the endof each of said binding leaves remote from the binding, the inner foldedsheet having detachable attachment to said binding leaf near to saidremote end thereof, said folded sheets forming record and transferleaves positioned above and below the binding leaf, said record andtransfer leaves extending from said attachment toward said binding andhaving free ends positionedbetween said attachment and binding, and saidrecord and trans- .fer sheets having attachment with each other separateand independent of said detachable attachment so as to remain attachedtogether after detachment thereof from said binding leaf.

'1. A manifolding book including, in combination, a binding, a pluralityof manifolding sets each having a plurality of leaves, one leaf of eachset being a record copy leaf and forming a binding leaf having a bindingstub bound into said binding, a transfer sheet and a record sheet bothfolded about the end of each of said binding leaves remote from thebinding and forming record and transfer leaves positioned above andbelow the binding leaf and in manifolding transfer relation therewithand with each other, said record and transfer leaves both above andbelow said binding leaf extending from the folds thereof toward saidbinding and having free ends posttioned between said folds and thebinding, and

being attached near said folds to said binding leaf near to said remoteend thereof.

8. A manifolding book including, in combina-' tion, a binding, aplurality of manifolding sets each having a plurality of leaves, oneleaf of each set being a record copy leaf and forming a binding leafhaving a binding stub bound into said binding, a transfer sheet and arecord sheet both folded about the end of each of said binding leavesremote from the binding and forming record and transfer leavespositioned above and below the binding leaf and in manifolding transferrelation therewith and with each other, said record and transfer leavesboth above and below said binding leaf extending from the folds thereoftoward said binding and having free ends positioned between said foldsand the'binding, the

upper of said transfer leaves having light adhesive attachment with theupper surface of said binding leaf near to add remote end thereof, andsaid folded record and transfer sheets being attached together.

9. A single manifolding set including, in combination, a record bindingleaf having a stub ex- I tension for binding the set into a book, aninner transfer sheet and an outer record sheet both folded about the endof said binding leaf remote from the stub thereof so as to providerecord and transfer leaves positioned at both surfaces of the bindingleaf and in manifolding transfer relationtherewith and with each other,the record and transfer leaves for both sides of the binding leaf havingfree ends extending toward said stub, said transfer sheet havingdetachable attachment adjacent the fold thereof with one surface only ofsaid binding leaf substantially at said remote end thereof, and saidfolded record sheet being attached to the set separately andindependently from said detachable attachment.

10. A manifolding book including, in combination, a binding, a pluralityof manifolding sets each having a plurality of leaves, one leaf of eachset being a binding leaf and having a binding stub bound into saidbinding, each of said sets having a record leaf and a transfer leafpositioned at each of the opposite surfaces of said binding leaf andhaving attachment with the latter leaf near to the 'end thereof remotefrom said binding, said record and transfer leaves being otherwise freefrom attachment with said binding leaf and hav- 10 ing free endsextending toward said binding.

. GRAY STEVENS.

